Pollita

I've told you about my riding vacations before. But today I'm going to get to the abyss, haha. If you were a child in the eighties like me, you know that things were a bit rougher back then than they are today.

Once a week, a group of adults came to ride on the farm in the evening. And on New Year's Eve every year, a New Year's Eve ride was organized for this group, which was considered legendary. How often did we children dream of taking part in it. And one year, we must have been around 14 or 15 years old, the time had come. Another girl was allowed to go on the ride with me. The horses were saddled up early in the morning and off we went. First the long gallop track, where we could really let the horses run and then the first station was already waiting.

What were these stations all about? We stopped off at the homes of friends and relatives of the people on the farm and there were high-proof drinks for the group of riders and we children were also allowed to help ourselves. Some stations offered dark red, sweet Eckes Edelkirsch alongside Korn, Vodka & Co. which tasted a little too strong and burned too much for us girls. Yummy! It went down a treat. That's why we always reached for a glass of the red, sugary, sticky liquid instead of a clear one. And that was an advantage: not only did the cherry liqueur taste better than the schnapps, after a few hours we were still halfway able to ride, unlike the adult group. The older gentlemen played games to see who could throw the other person off the horse the quickest. The riding instructor, usually a serious to grumpy type, performed tricks on horseback (or at least tried to) and landed on the ground several times himself. We, however, stayed on top and couldn't quite figure out what was happening. We were also amused by the liqueur, but the rest of us, who were actually responsible for us, were full of starry-eyed laughter. Unthinkable today!

Cherry Ink smells just like Ecke's Edelkirsch and takes me straight back to the back of my horse on New Year's Eve and I enjoy a glass of cherry liqueur here and there. It's a simple scent, but it's actually quite nice to my nose. Cherry and alcoholic notes dominate, along with a few flowers that have a body lotion-like effect and that wonderful doll note, known from Confetto, for example, which I like so much. Oud can only be guessed at. If you don't know, you won't notice any oud here. It's certainly not a fragrance that I urgently need right now, but I'm beginning to understand the hype surrounding cherry fragrances, because they can really put you in a good mood, just like Eckes. It's hard to get past the cherry hype at the moment.

If I were as young again today as I was then, I think I might even have bought this fragrance. With its somewhat shrill nature, Cherry Ink would have fitted in very well with the eighties.

I would like to thank Morgaina very much for the testing opportunity.

Blind tests are sometimes so exciting and I always like to do them, even though I'm often wrong about the result. This was also the case with Montale Boisé Vanille. A fragrance that I would never have considered testing. Montale is simply not my brand. I've tried a few and was mostly put off by the roaring, loud chemicals and the fact that it lasts for hours and the sillage lasts all the way to Düsseldorf. And that's a bit of the beautiful Albtrauf here in Baden-Württemberg.

Boisé Vanille, one of the older Montales, also has this kind of sillage. However, this one smells very nice. And since I only applied one droplet to test it, it works for me. I wouldn't spray this fragrance if I wanted to wear it properly, though. This is one for dabbing. For the parts of the body where the blood pulsates. It's a sensual fragrance with a beautiful balsamic. At first sniff, it seems to me like a classic vintage perfume from the fifties or sixties. Even older, because of me. This spicy top note makes me think very briefly of classics such as Opium or Must de Cartier. But the fragrance quickly reveals its heart. A full, rich amber introduces the heart note. The perfume becomes sweeter, more sensual but never drifts in a gourmand direction. This classicism, which is inherent to the fragrance, remains throughout. Later in the base, it becomes spicier with patchouli. I also detect labdanum and something animalic, probably musk. I also cannot rule out civet, which is very subtle.

Well, I was completely wrong in my initial assumption that I had a vintage classic under my nose. I would have guessed many things. A Lagerfeld, an Armani, a Nische for all I care, but then perhaps something older from Nicolai, Maître Parfumeur et Gantier or maybe Villoresi. In its amber phase, it certainly has traits of Amre Tibet by MPeG. But Montale? No, I would never have guessed this brand. All the better the surprise. And proof that we should never completely dismiss a brand if the first test fragrances are not at all to our liking. After all, there are a few candidates in the portfolio of my favorite houses that would not get a particularly good rating from me.

This Montale does, even if it's not my type of fragrance at all. If you love classics and amber and like a little more sillage, this is definitely the right scent for you.

Many thanks to Ergoproxy for the testing opportunity.

Extase Musk. The fragrance of my youth. Thanks to a dear perfumer, I was able to travel back to that time again. Really. At first I asked myself: am I still her? I was 16 when I bought this fragrance. I was still at school and didn't really know where my path would actually take me. I had permed hair. I actually hated it, but I kept getting it done anyway. At some point, I dyed my hair cherry red.

As I wet my wrist with Extase Musk, I am that girl again for a moment. I breathe in the peachy, synthetic scent. It's grungy and yet so pleasantly warm and soft. So typical of the eighties. Now I also understand the hairspray association that I have read in some of the statements here. The nostalgia enchants me, but this fragrance is actually a little too artificial for me today. The musk seems almost a bit distorted and yet is so beautiful again. This sweetness is overwhelming and dreamlike at the same time. As a young girl, I loved this rich, sweet scent. Today, I think I realize that there were some high-dose aromachemicals at work that I probably wouldn't like so much today if I smelled them for the first time.

But that doesn't matter now. This fragrance sends me back to another world. And yes, there really is still a lot of that girl in me. I throw Dark Star by Deine Lakaien into my stereo. Does anyone still know that? I still like it today. And I still like that kind of scent today. I understand so well why Ikiryō fragrances like Drifting or Coralie appeal to me so much today. These two also have that grunginess mixed with soft, gentle musky notes, just like Extrase Musk. They have a certain sweetness and also a synthetic quality that I don't always want on me. But when I feel like it, I really do. And then I could almost sink into this fine musk fragrance.

I no longer need to own this nostalgic fragrance. There are actually more beautiful perfumes that touch my heart even more. I can also smell a certain similarity to my favorites Paname and Douce Amère. But yes, I still love it. And I think I knew the path I was going to take back then better than I thought I did.

Many thanks to Cfr for letting me try this fragrance again. The eau de toilette is in no way inferior to the perfume I had back then. Such a beautiful memory.

Oh. Nuage Cerisier by Kenzo is enchanting. It's sweet, fruity, playful and envelops you in a soft musky cloud reminiscent of washing powder or fabric softener. It's not really my kind of fragrance, but I still apply a drop of it almost every morning before I go for my morning run. And I can't help but think of you. If you were still here and we were running together regularly, I think I would give you a bottle of it straight away.

This fragrance is so youthful, so radiant, so clean and fresh and has a pleasant lightness to it. A young woman spins around laughing in the spring sunshine, flowers are blooming everywhere, she wears clothes that smell of detergent and fabric softener, blows a bubble gum bubble with her fruit-flavored chewing gum and beams with the sun.

The scent makes me smile. Every time I sniff my wrist. Even if it doesn't really suit me. This airy musky scent combined with light and delicate flowers, so full of purity, just smells beautiful. I don't see myself, I see you in front of me. How often they mistook us for mother and daughter. We had to smile every time. And today I miss you since you moved away.

Yes, I'm a little bit in love with this almost childlike, floral Kenzo. The top and heart notes are a dream. The base note, however, no longer convinces me 100 percent. Here, the fruity note - not a natural-looking mandarin for me, but more like in iced tea or fruit gum - comes through a little too strongly and the floral note tends to fade into the background.

Nevertheless, this beautiful fragrance from Kenzo's Memori range just won't let me go. I will definitely treat myself to a spray from the bottling here and there. Maybe tomorrow morning? And who knows? Maybe I'll get so used to this delicate and subtle fragrance, which gradually fades after around 3-5 hours, that I'll want to buy a bottle one day.

Many thanks to Diana870411 for the sharing and the opportunity to test this fragrance. A surprisingly beautiful new release. I often like Kenzo fragrances. This one is also typically Kenzo.

Attention. Here comes a warning. To all perfumos and perfumas who, like me, are sometimes too greedy and buy fragrances too quickly. Today I was once again able to experience live and in color how important it is to wear a fragrance properly instead of just sniffing it briefly on the wrist, paper strip, cotton ball or crook of the arm, even on the little toe if you like. Because only when fragrances are worn properly do they really reveal all their facets and thus also those that an enraptured nose simply ignores on the first, second or third sniff.

11 11 from Lake & Skye. It must actually be my favorite scent. A musky fragrance with amber that is only available in the USA. Even after a lengthy internet search, I couldn't find a single source that sells the fragrance in Europe or even ships it to Germany. That just screams Polly. Isn't it?

The first tests were promising. Yes, it has something aquatic about it, but all in all it's not wild and it doesn't take long for this fine, buttery, chicken-feather-soft musky note to appear. Even if it is a bit too clean, typically American, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad thing.

Apparently we are dealing with a hype fragrance here, as the previous statements and reviews reveal. However, I have never heard of it before in my life. But that's not too much of a surprise. Because with very few exceptions, I hardly watch any perfume influencers.

I wore it solo for the first time today and was honestly really happy. And now I'm sitting here like a cleaning fiend. "Sidolin cleans streak-free" was the first thing that came to mind. Where have my beautiful cotton musk clouds gone? Well, they're probably in the Calone car wash right now. Because Calone, along with a few other not-so-nice aroma chemicals, is making quite a splash here. "A fragrance all to yourself" and "up close and personal", I read in a review. Mhm, I thought to myself. More like a sillage monster for me. At least around my nose.

Yes, it has certain traits of my blue Cašmir, the opening of which goes a little in this direction before it becomes more ambery and warmer. And the musk tends a little towards Etro Musk. That's why I jumped at this one. Understandable. I didn't expect to get a good load of Sidolin Stripe Free on top of this. After a few hours it becomes really pleasant, but Sidolin is still there.

I'm so glad I didn't put the fragrance in any shopping baskets straight away out of sheer greed. So, dear ones. Do it better like me. Wear it 1-2 times solo and be patient. Because some fragrances have a lot going for them. This one in particular. And now I'm going to continue cleaning. Because it's so nice right now.

Many thanks to Gandix for the testing opportunity.